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Excellent blog you have here but I was curious if you knew
of any forums that cover the same topics talked about here?
I’d really like to be a part of community where I can get feed-back from other experienced
people that share the same interest. If you have any suggestions,
please let me know. Bless you!

Under performance…
Hi Jason~
I have a question regarding performance over a period of time. I am currently investing into SCHA and SCHZ, however the SCHA vs IRJ are vastly different in performance over the YTD, 1yr, and 2 yr. It would seem as though on that invested into the IJR have more growth…. and having it been over time, would have higher cumulative annualized returns. SO, bale out on SCHA and transfer over to IJR or leave it be?
With gratitude,
Craig

We can’t say with certainty that IJR will maintain its performance edge over SCHA and other small-cap funds, but I’ve always preferred the S&P SmallCap 600 to the Russ 2K and other small-cap indexes. I like the concentration, and the slightly higher volatility helps plans like 3Sig, which take advantage of it.

Since it’s no big deal to switch from one ETF to another, why not go with IJR? It’s what I run in the letter’s 3Sig plan.